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Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is now firmly established as an important and often obligatory part of proposing or launching any development project. Delivering a successful EIA needs not only an understanding of the theory but also a detailed knowledge of the methods for carrying out the processes required. Peter Morris and Riki Therivel bring together the latest advice on best practice from experienced practitioners to ensure an EIA is carried out correctly. This new edition:

• explains how an EIA works and how it should be carried out

• demonstrates the relationship of the EIA to socio-economic, environmental and ecological systems

• includes completely updated legislative and policy contexts

• has added explanations of shared and integrative methods including a new chapter on EIA and sustainability.

Invaluable to undergraduate and MSc students of EIA in planning, ecology, geography and environment courses, this third edition of Methods of Environmental Impact Assessment is also of great use to planners, EIA practitioners and professionals seeking to update their skills.

Reviews

Excellent book! Really well laid out, good glossary and an easy to use index (which not all text books manage!). Anyone studying conservation/habitat management/ecology would really benefit from owning this. It has some brilliant chapters including a chapter on: Ecology; Fresh Water Ecology and Coastal Ecology and Geomorphology. There's also a whole appendix of Habitat, vegetation and land classifications (including critiques) and another on Phase 2-3 ecological sampling. Brilliant!

Amazon reader, 26th Feb 2008

I loved the way the book is broken down. It captures all aspects of a GOOD EIA, one that is comprehensive and gets the information passed onto the reader. Great buy all round!

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Name: Methods of Environmental Impact Assessment: 3rd Edition (Paperback) – Routledge
Description: Edited by Peter Morris, Riki Therivel. Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is now firmly established as an important and often obligatory part of proposing or launching any development project. Delivering a successful EIA needs not only an understanding of the theory but also a detailed...
Categories: City and Urban Planning, Planning and Sustainability, Sustainability Assessment, Environmental Studies